Enable the "Unknown sources" option in your device's "Application" settings.

http://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/issues/detail?id=547

Download SL4A from here:

http://android-scripting.googlecode.com/files/sl4a_r4.apk

Download Python from here:

http://android-scripting.googlecode.com/files/PythonForAndroid_r4.apk

Screencasts (I like the live folder bit):

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL07A81E6CE96F158B&feature=plcp

need android

Make sure we have android.py

http://android-scripting.googlecode.com/hg/python/ase/android.py

Connect USB (make sure debugging option is enabled).

Start a private server.

Menu -> View -> Interpreters

Menu -> Start Server -> Private

Go to the home screen

Menu -> Notifications

Look for "SLA4A Service Tap to view running scripts" and tap lightly.

Should see something like "127.0.0.1:45027", we want the bit after the colon i.e. 45027. Your number maybe different.

Setup forwarding.

$ adb forward tcp:9999 tcp:45027

Should see something like

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully * 

Now setup PORT info for Python.py

$ setenv AP_PORT 9999  

Test it using

echo $AP_PORT

You should see

9999

Speaking with repeat http://www.submergedspaceman.com/blog/2010/02/16/android-scripting-environment-is-incredible-part-i/

Testing over ITS

Example of Course for Third Graders

http://davidbau.com/python/learning.html

Barcode

import android
droid = android.Android()
code = droid.scanBarcode()
isbn = int(code['result']['SCAN_RESULT'])
url = “http://books.google.com?q=%d” % isbn
droid.startActivity(‘android.intent.action.VIEW’, url)

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/android-barcode-scanner/

Need barcode scanner installed (example of extending Android platform). Barcode scanner would be good.

One person wrote a script to go into silent mode when the phone is placed screen-down on the table. It took less than 20 lines of code, and that’s including comments!

THINGS TO DO -- WRITE SCRIPT TO LAUNCH THE ADB SERVER STUFF ON THE PHONE, SIMPLIFY SENDING THE FILES TO THE PHONE

THINGS TO DO --

SILENT NIGHT: https://github.com/docblades/Silent-Night

Nice use of the sensor.

http://www.brokenairplane.com/2011/08/im-not-texting-im-programming.html

Unwanted numbers

https://github.com/punchagan/v_block

Other stuff

Pygame simplified.

http://pygame.renpy.org/

Download the zip file and unpack. It creates quite a complex directory.

Next step is to try running android.py, first step is to test the install.

./android.py test

You should get All systems go!

Now try installing.

./android.py installsdk

It checks if JDK is present and downloads lots of stuff, for some reason that absolutely evades me it wants to install the Android SDK - WTF!?

Ok, stopped that. Let's see if can get by without it.

So ... first, created mygame. Now try.

android.py configure mygame

Ok had to download android.py and it expects the remote mode to be running.